Teachers Must Power the Learning

Teachers, perhaps organized in partnerships like professionals in other fields, aggressively seek to lead the learning in their classroom, department, program or school. They accept accountability for school success in return for the ability to control what matters for school success.

For Us, Teacher Leadership = Teacher-Powered Schools

Our concept of teacher leadership is not about bringing “teacher voice” into a top-down policymaking and management process or giving teachers more “career pathways” within that hierarchical structure.

Instead, we work to move final decision-making authority in schools into the hands of the professionals who know students best—the teachers.